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Some say they saw an orange streak in the sky, specifically, a metallic object with strange markings. In hundreds of reports, eyewitnesses said the object landed in a wooded area. But it's not known publicly where that object actually is today.

Many still question if it ever existed.

UFO researcher Stan Gordon is hooked to the investigation. In 54 years, he's interviewed hundreds of people about that night.

"So, these people, most of them don't even know each other. But what they don't know is so many of these people gave me those little details of what they experienced that night in 1965, and so many of those details confirm other people's accounts," said Gordon.

Ron Struble stood on the hillside that night in 1965 for hours. "I was up here for at least two to three hours standing right here," he said.

Struble said he saw the military guarding the area, not letting anyone close, eventually hauling the object away. The government initially said it was never there. In later reports, the Air Force reported what landed that night was a meteor.

But UFO revelers aren't convinced.

A frenzy exploded in Kecksburg, putting it on the map.

There was coverage in newspapers, on the History Channel and "Unsolved Mysteries." The show even made a replica of the acorn-shaped object many say the saw in the sky.

The object is displayed across from the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department, where Struble works today.

He runs a UFO store that people from across the world come to see and organizes an annual UFO festival. A blow-up alien is his No. 1 seller. Gordon stressed, “We can’t rule out the possibility that what happened that night was extraterrestrial.”

The festival and store are a fundraiser for the fire department. "It's something that we can grow with and hopefully we can make some money to help pay for trucks that are $200,000," said Struble.

So figuring out what the object was is a Catch-22 for this village. Getting an answer is closure, but it might put the cap on Kecksburg's successes.

So what do you think? Did you see anything that night? Leave your stories in the comments section below.